Needing a new 357 trapper.

[Deja vu]

I have an older marlin 1894 in 357 magnum. In the past 20ish years i bet it has taken about 15 Idaho mule deer at ranges from 20 - 80 yards from my back porch. I got the gun from my father when I was young. He had the barrel cut to 16.5inches. It has been a sweet little gun.

The issue I have now is that my son wants the gun. I would like to let him have it but it is my primary deer gun. Anyone know of another company making a smooth trapper length (less than 17 inches) lever action in 357 magnum? I would like one that can handle hotter loads cause I will use it for the occasional deer. Mine is currently sighted in for Buffalo bore 158 grain ammo at about 2060 FPS. My reloads are a little slower (1940 FPS) but at that range it does not matter.

I need a trapper that will handle a steady diet of these.I love the looks of the Uberti 1873s but I have read bad things about using regular hot ammo in them such as buffalo bore.

 

[gak]

Rossi 92--Winchester 1892 facsimile--under the following distributors/monikers:
- Interarms aka 92 "Puma" model - Late 1970s-late 1990s
- Legacy Sports (LSI) "Puma" late '90s to 2008
- Navy Arms - 1892 - Late 90s - 2006. Don't know if they had a trapper. don't think so
- EMF Co. - under "1892 Hartford" moniker - late '90s-present, with a gap fr 2009-2012 (?) (EDIT - either their website is down or they are gone)
- Rossi under Braztech/Taurus - 2008 to Present

Am sure I missed someone in there. Short answer now - Rossi itself (as its own importer/distributor) and EMF.

These are all round barreled 16" per the original Win trappers aka baby carbines which are quite rare and amongst the most precious $ of all collectible Winchesters that were regular catalog items..

I believe Winchester itself (Miroku, Japan built) has a 16" 1892 trapper model (though I do not see it in their 2013 catalog) and Cimarron has an Italian (Chiappa/Armi Sport) built 1892 "trapper" but the latter has a heavier octagonal barrel. I don't recall if the other Chiappa distributors - Taylor's or LSI (which confusingly kept the old Puma name from Rossi days) - have the same trapper model.
Both the Japanese Winchesters and Italians are several hundred dollars pricier than the Brazilian Rossis.